Ontario Morning Podcast - May 6th, 2024.

The first ever Apple Tree Symposium - Indigenous Identity Fraud - Compensation for Migrant Workers - Local Cheesemonger competes at National level

Wasaga Beach car rallies- A new play from the archives in Trent Valley- Bayfield books remembers Alice Munro- Lennox & Addington bus tours for local residents

The Canadian Canoe Museum re-opens in Peterborough and Pembroke retiree Jenny Croft shares her personal experience with 'inflation isolation'

Pickleball court pushback in Peterborough, three minute thesis champion from Queen's University and efforts to bring back programs cut from Flemming College.

How Kingston is handling its population growth, A new app that may save lives and Belleville's head of the transit committee on their new bus routes.

Kingston city council is considering a new approach to planning, transportation, and infrastructure.It's to prepare for the city's expected growth in the coming decades... toward a population that's expected to reach more than 220,000 by 2051.A new report is calling for a visionary and strategic approach to that future growth. Laura Flaherty is the Planning Services project manager for City of Kingston and one of the authors of the report.While the province wants more affordable childcare spaces for families, local counties are struggling to make this vision happen.Samantha Zuercher is Simcoe County's director of children services.She tells us what happens if space isn't made.Midwives in Ontario are getting more powers from the province.Leda McDonald is midwife from Midland.She explains what this means for the hundreds of parents- to- be in need of health care. Ontario's wild turtles are already an endangered species.Recently their existence seems to be threatened by pet turtles.We hear more about the domestic invasion of turtles into natural habitats from Johanna Rumney is the animal care co-ordinator at Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre in Midland.

As of July 12th, you'll be able to drive some 400 series highways at the new speed limit of 110 km/h.Lewis Smith is a member of the Canada Safety Council. He shares his perspective on this decision...and what it could mean for road safety. Libraries are not just a place to borrow books, but a place where communities gather. So the Barrie Public Library hired a community navigator to help the city's vulnerable individuals using the institution. We spoke to social worker Ayesha Karim-Mian about her new position.Deborah Howe is a homicide detective from Barrie Police who also wears a different hat - as a family liaison officer.She tells us about her role entering a family's life when their world has turned upside down. 

Author Nicola Ross takes us to the Bruce Trail, in which she walks from Niagara to Tobermory in her own creative way in her newly released book: 40 Days & 40 HikesShe talked to us about how she covered 900 kilometers and why she decided to write a book about it.

Last January Port Hope's council decided to look for a twin city among Ukrainian municipalities. It found Nadvirna,  a town on the western side of the country, not far from the Carpathian Mountains. We spoke to the Mayor of Port Hope, Olena Hankivsky, about this budding relationship.The  Theatre of Orangeville is playing an original play called The Darktown Strutters' Ball. The play takes the audience on a musical journey, honoring artists from Nat King Cole to Bob Marley. Playwright Leslie McCurdy was overjoyed to chat with us about the show.

After 30 years of volunteering, Joanne Langlois has become the new United Way campaign chair for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington. We spoke to her about her plans for the role, and where she sees the greatest needs right now. Huron County is hoping to keep its residents close to home. It launched a campaign to retain its working age residents, starting with two billboards. We spoke to Clara Leney,  a workforce coordinator for Huron County, about how the campaign is going.Innisfil resident Ninko Pangilinan was recently seen on season two of Canada's Ultimate Challenge. The reality TV competition features twenty players, divided into five teams, facing incredible physical challenges in obstacle races all across the country. We spoke to Ninko about his experience.